Basecamp Wilderness
Explorer-style tented camp · Mara Naboisho Conservancy · Saruni Basecamp
Mid-range
Outside the gate
Safari company
Basecamp Wilderness is Saruni Basecamp's lowest-priced conservancy camp: seven tents and a family tent in Mara Naboisho Conservancy, east of the reserve. At $400 per person in low season you get meals, house drinks, shared day and night drives, walks and VAT, which is the full conservancy experience at a price many camps charge before drinks. The conservancy fee of $130 per adult a night is on top, and the reserve ticket on days you go in. Choose it for night drives and walks without top-end prices; skip it if you want to spend most days in the reserve, where the ticket adds $100 to $200 a day.
Pros and cons
Pros
- From $400 with drinks, night drives and walks included
- Eight tents only
- Under-5s free when sharing
- VAT inside the rate
Cons
- Conservancy fee of $130 per adult a night on top
- Reserve ticket extra on days in the reserve
- Airstrip not named
- Family tent priced per person, minimum four
What's here
- Family rooms
Arranged from the lodge:
- Game drives
- Guided walks
- Night drives
Read from Basecamp Wilderness's own website in July 2026. Anything not listed we could not confirm, which is not the same as it being absent.
What the park charges on top
The rate above buys you a bed. Masai Mara National Reserve charges its own entry fee for every day you are inside. Here is what that adds up to.
- Park entryThe non-resident rate from 1 July to 31 December; $100 from 1 January to 30 June.
- $200per person, per day
- VehicleKSh 1,000 a day for a car under six seats, about $8 at KSh 129 to the dollar.
- $8per vehicle, per day
Three nights means three days inside, so two adults sharing one vehicle pay $1224 in park fees before anyone pays for a bed.
The figure above uses the July to December rate. From January to June the same sum halves for the people. A day is 06:00 to 18:00, and guests in the conservancies outside the reserve pay only on the days they drive in.
The full fee schedule for Masai Mara National ReserveRates at Basecamp Wilderness
From $400 pppn. Saruni Basecamp 2026 rack rate (read 6 Oct 2026): $400 per person sharing in low season (March, April, May, November), $500 mid (3 January to February, June, October, 1 to 19 December) and $600 high (July to September, 20 December to 2 January); children 5 to 16 $200 to $300, under 5 free when sharing. Includes full board, house drinks, bush meals, shared day and night drives, guided walks, airstrip transfers and VAT. Excludes the conservancy fee of $130 per adult and $65 per child per night, and the reserve ticket on days in the reserve.
All inclusive. The rate covers meals, drinks, activities and the transfers named below. Park fees are charged separately.
Every figure on this page is in US dollars.
Rates checked on 6 October 2026 against each operator's own website or 2026 rate sheet, in US dollars per person per night sharing unless the entry says otherwise. One figure is a reseller's, not the owner's: Olonana Lodge's $2,450 (safari.com, 6 Oct 2026), because A&K's own page would not load. Angama's rates come from a January 2026 copy of its site, since the live site blocks automated reading. On top of nearly every rate sits Narok County's reserve ticket: $100 per non-resident adult per 12-hour day (6 am to 6 pm) from January to June and $200 from July to December, $50 for a child of 9 to 17, free at 8 and under. Conservancy camps add their own nightly fee, $130 per adult in Mara North, Olare Motorogi and Naboisho in 2026 and $116 in Mara Siana, unless the entry says it is included.
Questions about Basecamp Wilderness
How much does Basecamp Wilderness cost?
$400 per person sharing in March, April, May and November 2026, $500 in mid season and $600 from July to September, on Saruni Basecamp's 2026 sheet. The Naboisho conservancy fee of $130 per adult a night is extra.
Does Basecamp Wilderness do night drives?
Yes. Shared day and night drives and guided walks are in the rate, which is possible because the camp is in a conservancy, not the reserve.
Is Basecamp Wilderness good for families?
Under-5s stay free when sharing and 5 to 16 pay $200 to $300. The family tent is priced per person with a minimum of four.